#cruelty

Is the capacity for cruelty inherent in all of us? ↗

— Soledad O'Brien

#cruelty #inherent #us

As I get older, all sorts of things become less funny. Once one has children, any cruelty involving children becomes far less amusing than when one was at the mercy of one's friends' and relatives' children. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#any #become #becomes #children #cruelty

Cruelty to men and to the lower animals as well, which would have passed unnoticed a century ago, now shocks the sensibilities and is regarded as wicked and degrading. ↗

— Elihu Root

#century #cruelty #degrading #lower #lower animals

Cruelty isn't a personality trait. Cruelty is a habit. ↗

— Rick Yancey

#cruelty

I think he is an extremely accessible character. In Data there is no potential for cruelty. ↗

— Brent Spiner

#character #cruelty #data #extremely #i

Love has its place, as does hate. Peace has its place, as does war. Mercy has its place, as do cruelty and revenge. ↗

— Meir Kahane

#does #hate #love #mercy #peace

War is cruelty, and none can make it gentle. ↗

— Gilbert Parker

#gentle #make #none #war

True beauty is something that attacks, overpowers, robs, and finally destroys. ↗

— Yukio Mishima

#cruelty #love #beauty

No, we aren't civilized, even in our business suits and high heels. People are as mean as ever, and as predictable. Underneath it all, we are not so different from what lurks in the wild, perhaps we're worse. ↗

— Donna Lynn Hope

#mean #monsters #people #business

Waking up was a daily cruelty, an affront, and she avoided it by not sleeping. ↗

— Gregory Maguire

#death #immortality #insomnia #death